Faculty - University of Virginia School of Law

CONTACT
bgarrett@virginia.edu
(434) 924-4153
Room WB177B

ASSISTANT
Crystal Smith

SUBJECTS
Civil procedure, civil rights, complex litigation, constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal courts, policing, remedies, torts, wrongful conviction, class actions, equal protection

Brandon L. Garrett

Roy L. and Rosamond Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law
J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 2001
B.A., Yale University, 1997

Brandon L. Garrett joined the law faculty in 2005. His research and teaching interests include criminal procedure, wrongful convictions, habeas corpus, corporate crime, scientific evidence, civil rights, civil procedure and constitutional law.

Garrett’s recent research includes studies of DNA exonerations and organizational prosecutions. The research web pages below provide data related to those studies. Harvard University Press recently published Garrett’s book, "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong," examining the cases of the first 250 people to be exonerated by DNA testing. Garrett is currently working on a new book, in contract with Harvard University Press, examining corporate prosecutions.

Garrett attended Columbia Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Kent Scholar. After graduating, he clerked for the Hon. Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He then worked as an associate at Neufeld, Scheck & Brustin LLP in New York City.

Federal Corporate Prosecution and Plea Agreement Data

"Convicting the Innocent" Data

Publications
Current Courses

All Courses

Post-conviction Remedies
Civil Procedure

In the Media

"Raman Defends Deferred and Non Prosecution Agreements for Major Corporate Crime Cases" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 05/22/2013)
"Criminal Division's McInerney Defends Deferred Prosecution Agreements" (Main Justice, 05/03/2013)
"'Central Park' Five Documentary Highlights the Problem of Innocents Confessing" (The Times-Picayune, 04/23/2013)
"The Nightmare of the West Memphis Three" (The New York Review of Books, 04/04/2013)
"The Bizarre Pursuit of Amanda Knox: Injustice Italian Style" (The Huffington Post, 03/26/2013)
"Too Much Information" (Co-Author) (Slate, 02/12/2013)
"Why Innocent Men Make False Confessions" (TIME, 02/11/2013)
"Judge Agrees to Defer Prosecution of WakeMed for False Medicare Billing" (The News & Observer, 02/09/2013)
"Judge Raises More Questions About WakeMed Medicare Settlement" (The News & Observer, 02/05/2013)
"WakeMed's Medicare Settlement With Feds Would Allow Confidential Reports" (The News & Observer, 02/02/2013)
"Legislature to Consider Bills Aimed at Easing Exoneration for Wrongfully Convicted" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/11/2013)
"Why Are DNA Databases Available to Prosecutors But Not Defense Attorneys?" (AllGov, 01/08/2013)
"Lawyers, Saying DNA Cleared Inmate, Pursue Access to Data" (The New York Times, 01/03/2013)
"Morford Memo Morphed: Who Picks the Corporate Monitors?" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 01/01/2013)
"A Christmas Carol for Bankers" (Author) (The Huffington Post, 12/24/2012)
"From Jim Crow to Timothy McVeigh: The Best 2012 Books About Justice" (The Atlantic, 12/14/2012)
"Convicting the Innocent" (Concurring Opinions, 12/09/2012)
"The Dark Dangers of Tunnel Vision" (Slate, 12/04/2012)
"BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay More Than $4 Billion for Oil Spill" (The Economic Times, 11/16/2012)
"BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay Over $4 Billion" (The New York Times, 11/16/2012)
"A Texas Prosecutor Faces Justice" (The New York Times, 11/12/2012)
"Prison for Executives, Deferrals for Corporations" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 10/23/2012)
"Supreme Court Weighing Md. Cases" (Maryland Daily Record, 10/22/2012)
"Supreme Court May Examine Maryland DNA Collection" (Capital News Service, 10/19/2012)
"Jeffrey MacDonald, Innocence, and the Future of Habeas Corpus" (Forbes, 10/18/2012)
"Secret Corporate Crime Deals" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 09/25/2012)
"Innocence Project to Grade Witness Lineup Policies" (The Texas Tribune, 09/11/2012)
"Science, Standards and Forensics: Part III" (Huffington Post, 09/10/2012)
"Can We Predict A Wrongful Conviction?" (Salon, 09/09/2012)
"Where Is The Path Forward For Forensics? Part II" (The Huffington Post, 09/07/2012)
"Red Flags: Early Warnings of Wrongful Convictions" (Pacific Standard, 09/06/2012)
"Forensics On The Hill: Part I" (The Huffington Post, 09/05/2012)
"Interview With Brandon Garrett" (Culture Shocks, 09/04/2012)
"Arthur Anderson And The Myth Of The Corporate Death Penalty" (FCPA Professor, 08/23/2012)
"Innocent Convicts" (Frontline, 08/21/2012)
"New Jersey Supreme Court Issues New Jury Instructions for Eyewitness Identifications" (The Wrongful Convictions Blog, 07/23/2012)
"New Jury Instructions in New Jersey Will Warn of Problems in Eyewitness IDs" (ABA Journal, 07/20/2012)
"How About 'Mr. Victim?'" (Author) (The Huffington Post, 07/19/2012)
"New Jersey Court Issues Guidance for Juries About Reliability of Eyewitnesses" (The New York Times, 07/19/2012)
"Police Photo Lineups Fail New State Policy" (The Virginian-Pilot, 07/15/2012)